PICTURES: Bechdolt's Orchard loses most of plum crop

HARRY FISHER / The Morning Call

Field Manager Richard Rowe stands near one of the fire pits in his plum orchard in Lower Saucon Township on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Rowe says there is no chance of saving his crop of plums, but he is hopeful he can use fires to salvage his peaches. When temperatures dropped below freezing on Wednesday, Rowe says he was forced to extinguish the fires he hoped would save his trees. A phone call from a neighbor worried about a house fire sent Lower Saucon Township police to his property at 3 a.m. Wednesday. Rowe said the authorities, citing a nuisance law in the township, ordered Rowe to stop throwing wood on his fires.

Field Manager Richard Rowe stands near one of the fire pits in his plum orchard in Lower Saucon Township on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Rowe says there is no chance of saving his crop of plums, but he is hopeful he can use fires to salvage his peaches. When temperatures dropped below freezing on Wednesday, Rowe says he was forced to extinguish the fires he hoped would save his trees. A phone call from a neighbor worried about a house fire sent Lower Saucon Township police to his property at 3 a.m. Wednesday. Rowe said the authorities, citing a nuisance law in the township, ordered Rowe to stop throwing wood on his fires. (HARRY FISHER / The Morning Call)

Field Manager Richard Rowe examines a plum branch for frost damage at Bechdolt Orchards in Lower Saucon Township on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Rowe says there is no chance of saving his crop of plums, but he is hopeful he can use fires to salvage his peaches. When temperatures dropped below freezing on Wednesday, Rowe says he was forced to extinguish the fires he hoped would save his trees. A phone call from a neighbor worried about a house fire sent Lower Saucon Township police to his property at 3 a.m. Wednesday. Rowe said the authorities, citing a nuisance law in the township, ordered Rowe to stop throwing wood on his fires.

Field Manager Richard Rowe examines a plum branch for frost damage at Bechdolt Orchards in Lower Saucon Township on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Rowe says there is no chance of saving his crop of plums, but he is hopeful he can use fires to salvage his peaches. When temperatures dropped below freezing on Wednesday, Rowe says he was forced to extinguish the fires he hoped would save his trees. A phone call from a neighbor worried about a house fire sent Lower Saucon Township police to his property at 3 a.m. Wednesday. Rowe said the authorities, citing a nuisance law in the township, ordered Rowe to stop throwing wood on his fires. (HARRY FISHER / The Morning Call)

PHOTO GALLERY: Bechdolt Orchards was forced to extinguish the fires they hoped would save their crops early Wednesday morning. Owner Rich Rowe says the farm's plum crops looks to be a near complete loss.